CVE-2023-5444 CSRF in ePO leading to privilege escalation
A CSRF vulnerability in ePolicy Orchestrator allows a low-privilege user to add an administrator account, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-5444?
CVE-2023-5444 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, published on 17 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in ePolicy Orchestrator prior to 5.10.0 CP1 Update 2 allows a remote low privilege user to successfully add a new user with administrator privileges to the ePO server. This impacts the dashboard area of the user interface. To exploit this the attacker must change the HTTP payload post submission, prior to it reaching the ePO server.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5444?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5444?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5444 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-5444 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5444 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qvh3-87rf-gc36.